Hollywood’s guiding philosophy over the past few decades goes something like this: If it worked once before, it will work again. Once an idea connects with audiences, studios will run it into the ground with sequels, remakes, reboots, prequels, and legacyquels. Original concepts? Bold ideas? Feh! Give ’em an old hit, a second (or third, or … Read more
Heretic writers/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods have ideas for spiritual sequels to their Hugh Grant horror film The A24 horror film Heretic, from the writing and directing duo of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, received a wide theatrical release last week, and so far has made about $16 million at the global box office. The budget came … Read more
Walt Disney Animation has released a brand new Moana 2 video for the highly-anticipated animated sequel to the acclaimed 2016 movie. It is currently slated to arrive in theaters on November 27, 2024. “The film reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers,” reads the … Read more
Damien Leone defends the lengthy running times of the Terrifier sequels, saying Art the Clown’s gore sequences are to blame The first film in writer/director Damien Leone’s Terrifier franchise had a running time of 85 minutes, which I feel is just about perfect for a slasher movie. Then Leone went wild on Terrifier 2, letting … Read more
New edition of the “making of” Sleepaway Camp book has over 100 new pages that cover Sleepaway Camp II and III Last year, 1984 Publishing celebrated the 40th anniversary of the classic slasher Sleepaway Camp (watch it HERE) with the release of the “making of” book Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire, as well as a … Read more
As a general rule, one should never be surprised when Hollywood makes a sequel of anything. If a film makes a large enough profit, Hollywood will find a way to produce a sequel. Even if the main character dies in the first film, or there’s no logical reason to continue the story beyond the first movie’s ending, or the first … Read more
If Hollywood has proven anything over the last century, it’s that they will turn anything into a franchise if they think it will make them a buck. They made a sequel to Speed on a cruise ship. They made a Karate Kid without the title character. They made four films about a hungry shark, even though the shark died at … Read more
In previous episodes of The Best Movie You Never Saw, I’ve talked a little bit about how much I like the eighties and nineties actor Tom Berenger. From Platoon through Shoot to Kill and The Substitute, he was a great character actor with some serious action chops. Were he to have come along in another … Read more
The first images of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II are here, and with them we finally have a better sense of what this long-in-development sequel is all about. Previously we didn’t know much more than the fact that the film focused on the adult version Lucilla’s son from the first film. Crowe’s Maximus died at the end of … Read more
The name of the game in Hollywood is extending a successful franchise by any means necessary. If you can make a sequel, make a sequel. If you can’t make a sequel, do a prequel. If a prequel doesn’t make sense, remake the first movie. And then if the remake is a hit … make a sequel … Read more